Senate debates
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
- Statement by the President (0 speeches)
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pricing (8 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to the fact that each tonne of aluminium produces around 16...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
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I draw to the attention of honourable senators the presence in the gallery of the Australian Political Exchange Council's 29th delegation from the United States of America. On behalf of all...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Syria (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Bob Carr. Can the minister update the Senate on Australia's response to the situation in Syria?
- Carbon Pricing (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. Is the minister aware that 97 per cent of the world's carbon trading volume takes...
- Live Animal Exports (6 speeches)
I direct my question to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. My question relates to breeder livestock exported from Australia to overseas countries such as dairy cows exported to...
- Carbon Pricing, Mining (18 speeches)
My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.
- Carbon Pricing (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Human Services, Senator Kim Carr. Can the minister respond to claims that operating medical devices will be too expensive for people once the carbon price begins?
- Great Barrier Reef (22 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Senator Conroy. This week, the World Heritage Committee is meeting to...
- Carbon Pricing (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to reports that the Teys Australia meat group could shut one...
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers (0 speeches)
- Answers to Questions (10 speeches)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Senator Wong) to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. They talk about...
- Great Barrier Reef (1 speech)
I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) to a question without notice asked by Senator Waters...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move: That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (1 speech)
I move: That the order of the Senate of 19 June 2012, relating to the hours of meeting and routine of business, be varied to provide that: On Tuesday, 26 June 2012:...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Cyber-Safety Committee, Migration Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That the Joint Select Committee on Cyber Safety be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Wednesday, 15 August 2012, from 4.30 pm to 5.30...
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee on infrastructure delivery and engineering skills shortages be...
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Eggleston, I move: That the time for the presentation of the report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee on the procurement procedures for...
- Law Enforcement Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Nash, I move: That the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement be authorised to hold private meetings otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1)...
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee; Reference (1 speech)
At the request of Senator Milne, I move: That the following matters be referred to the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee for inquiry and report by 1 November...
- Motions (0 speeches)
- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (2 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Tuesday, 26 June 2012 marks the International Day in Support of...
- Fair Work Australia (15 speeches)
I move: That the Senate— (a) notes findings by Fair Work Australia that Mr Craig Thomson misused Health Services Union members' funds for sexual services,...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Inspector of Transport Security (1 speech)
I present a ministerial statement relating to the retirement of the Inspector of Transport Security, together with a document on the offshore oil and gas resources sector.
- Auditor-General's Reports (0 speeches)
- Report Nos 51 and 52 of 2011-12 (4 speeches)
In accordance with the provisions of the Auditor-General Act 1997, I present the following reports of the Auditor-General: Report No. 51––Interim phase of the audits of the financial...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Procedure Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Chair of the Procedure Committee, I present the first report of 2012 of the Procedure Committee. Ordered that the report be printed. by leave—I move: That consideration of...
- Public Works Committee; Report (1 speech)
On behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, I present report No. 3 of 2012, Referrals made November 2011 to March 2012.
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Report (3 speeches)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the chairs of the respective committees, I present the final report of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee on the...
- Legislation Committees; Report (6 speeches)
Pursuant to order and at the request of the chairs of the respective committees, I present reports from legislation committees in respect of the 2012-13 budget estimates, together with the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Same-Sex Marriage (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak with both a sense of hope and a great deal of disappointment. I speak with hope because, as we heard last night in the debate on the report of the Senate Legal and...
- Defence Procurement (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about defence acquisition and one area which has been constantly raised during the Senate inquiry into defence acquisition in terms of Australia's ability, capacity and...
- Rio+20 (1 speech)
It is good to be back in the chamber after spending last week on the other side of the world, on a self-funded trip to Brazil for Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. It was held...
- Palliative Care (1 speech)
The introduction of contemporary palliative care services, not just in Tasmania but across Australia, is a cause I have been wholly committed to supporting. Recently in Launceston we held a...
- Mackell, Mr Austin (1 speech)
I rise to make some brief comments about the situation faced by an Australian citizen in trouble overseas. Senators would be aware that I have taken up the cause of Julian Assange with some...
- Australian Army Nurses (1 speech)
On 7 August 1900, a 36-year-old woman from country Victoria died of pneumonia in an army hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Also known as Fanny, Sister Frances Emma Hines travelled to the other side...
- Wheat Industry (1 speech)
I rise to make just a few comments tonight about the wheat industry and where the industry sits at the moment. I do have to say that, having been a very strong supporter of the single desk, I see...
- Ostrom, Professor Elinor, Lawrence, Mr Steve, AO, Bell, Mr Graeme, AO, MBE (1 speech)
I know it is late, but this evening I would like to pay tribute to three people who each, in their own way, have profoundly influenced the way we think about the world. The first, Elinor Ostrom,...
- Black Caviar (1 speech)
History was made on Saturday, 23 June 2012, when the world witnessed the making of a racing record that will endure for decades to come. It was at 3.45 pm London time, 12.45 pm Melbourne time, in...
- Aung San Suu Kyi (1 speech)
by leave—On 1 April this year, a politician was elected to her nation's parliament. Divorced from its context, this is an unremarkable event. This year, thankfully, many thousands of...
- Victorian Power Industry (4 speeches, 1 comment)
by leave—With the catastrophic collapse of the Morwell River diversion in the TRUenergy Yallourn mine three weeks ago and related escalating problems, now is the right time to ask: what...
- Refugees, Nuclear Energy, Palestine (2 speeches)
by leave—There is a view that one hears from time to time that local government should remain the domain of rates, rubbish bins and gutters, and that there is no role for council staff or...
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
by leave—The Commonwealth government has a bewildering array of policies to force emission reductions. Just look at the Labor policies such as the carbon tax, which is a market based...
